Cocoa ice

Early morning this girl climbs the trees on the best time. She waits until it is hot and steamy like a roasted plantain. Her family has every kind of in there island. like coconut, papaya, mango, orange, banana, plantain, breadfruit, guava, and a special kind called cacao - trees that grow chocolate. Cacao trees grow only in the shade, So her papa plants young cacaos under tall banana trees for shade.


(There is another girl in this story). This girl has winter instead of summer. Winter grips Maine hard. Days are short, bright, and so cold that sometimes nothing moves, not the wind, not the birds, not even the river. There kitchen is warm though. Her mama bakes apple pies in a big stove. The girl practice her switching by making a balsam pillow with fir needles. Her papa and her uncle work at a ice company. They worry about snow because its very cold outside of there house.